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so very high I dit not observe the Sorbus or Sam- 

 bucus pubens common to such places. On the N". 

 W. side of this mountain several deep holes, like 

 wells, some of them above 30 ft. deep,have been ob- 

 served by the hunters, we were in persuit of them, 

 but could not find them, none of the company 

 ever had been upon this mountain* The vacci- 

 nium stamineum was here in full flower in great 

 abundance. 



After having spent sometime in examination 

 of the top. we descended on the E. side to get to 

 the ponds & Cranberry mashes ; In coming near to 

 the foot of the hill I observed strong plants of the 

 umbelliferous kind above mentioned which soon 

 persuaded me to be nothing else, but the Aralia 

 hispida, though I dont know this plant, having 

 never seen it, but the habit, shows this to be a 

 species of Aralia, the people call it here Swamp 

 Elder. — Coming down near the ponds I observed 

 several of the former mentioned plants, & for the 

 first time in this nighborhood the Epigaearepens. 

 In crossing the main road I observed among; the 

 washed stones a kind of black lead ore, very 

 heavy & but little apt to blacken the things, 

 rubbed with it, probably lead may be found in 

 this part, if searched for diligently. — Dalibarda 

 fragaroides out of flower grows very frequently 

 on mossy hillocks in company of Mitchella repens 

 — & very often Helleborus trifolius when we came 

 to the ponds & cranberry marshes all my atten- 

 tion was paid to the plants of the spagnous places. 

 These marshes are covered with a thick coat 

 spagnum, floating in a manner on a more or less 

 watery mud, which easely gives away & let you 



